The nonprofit that organizes the annual Bucks-Mont PRIDE Festival provides “safe and brave” spaces for LGBTQ+ people and allies. And it does so much more.
“Living a life free from gun violence…doesn’t mean going to a school with an armed security guard, where you’re walking through a metal detector and you have to do regulated drills because someone might come and shoot you,” said CeaseFirePA’s Bucks County Organizer Sarah Jones.
“The threat is real and the stakes are high,” said Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates Executive Director Signe Espinoza.
AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg says voucher programs are “harmful,” “anti-public education,” and they “leave kids behind.”
Amid ongoing attacks on democracy and the state’s electoral process, organizations like Common Cause and the League of Women Voters are focused on ensuring that voters are well-informed, engaged, and actually voting in local elections.
In the face of increasing attacks, some librarians have chosen to leave the profession altogether, while others continue to go to work in fear.
Democracy and voting rights can either be protected, or gutted, in the state’s high courts.
The group’s week-long Youth Leadership and Worldview Conference trains high school students to argue for legislation that promotes conservative Christian values.
“Community is the answer to all this,” said Kim Barbaro. “Anytime we all go through something like this together, it strengthens our community, and I think that’s an important piece of this.”
Through my monthly column, I aim to provide clear and concise analyses of policies, policy changes, curricular initiatives, and more that will affect the students, teachers, and families in our community.
When insurance companies routinely violate the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for no-cost contraceptive options, it’s an affront to reproductive autonomy.
This is the last Episode of Season 1 of The Signal. We’ll be back in January 2024.
The Malvern-based firm is the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels and as a result is recklessly propelling us towards climate catastrophe.
This “day in the life novel” is about eight ordinary people careening toward a uniquely American disaster. The authors are donating 100 percent of the book royalties to stop gun violence.
If the Bucks County Beacon is going to be here for the long haul, and save the area from becoming a news desert where extremism and authoritarianism flourishes, we need the community to invest in our independent media project.
